Coin wrapper



June 25, 1963 R. B. WHITE coIN WRAPPER Filed June s, 1960 INVENTOR ROBY BYRON WHITE ATTORNEYS rates arent Patented June 25, 1963 f 'ce 3,095,084 CGIN WRAPPER Roby Byron White, 381 N. Main St., Sharon, Mass. Filed June 3, 1960, Ser. No. 33,677 3 Claims. (Cl. 206-.83)

This invention relates to coin packaging and more particularly comprises a new and improved coin wrapper.

At the present time individual rolls of coins are ordinarily packaged in paper wrappers and the rolls contain a prescribed number of coins depending upon the coin denomination. Thus, it is accepted practice to wrap pennies in individual rolls of fifty, nickels in rolls of forty, dimes in rolls of iifty, quarters in rolls of forty, and half dollars in rolls of twenty.- When large quantities of coins are transferred, the individual rolls are often packed in boxes in rows attached one upon the other. 'I'hese boxes are `ordinarily sized to receive a particular number of rows each containing a particular number of rolls. However, because the rolls tend Vto pyramid when stacked in the boxes, it is not uncommon when opening such boxes to find that they contain either one extra or one less roll than intended.

Because coins at the present time are wrapped in individual rolls and no easy means is available to count the rolls in groups, it is -obviously necessary in tabulating the value of large quantities of rolls to count the rolls individually. It will be recognized that any positive and dependable manner of packaging rolls of coins in groups would expedite their tabulation and would reduce the chances of errors when attempting Ito pack predetermined numbers of rolls in boxes.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a coin wrapper for multiple rolls of coins.

Another object of my invention is to provide an extremely inexpensive Wrapper for multiple rolls of coins and which may be filled with rolls wholly automatically.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a multi-roll coin wrapper which may readily be separated into individual roll wrappers.

To accomplish these and other objects, I provide a wrapper made of extremely thin plastic material having a plurality of parallel trough-like recesses which are segment-shaped in cross section with an arc of more than 180. The radius of the arc of each trough is equal to that of the denomination of coin to be stacked in rolls in it, and the length of the trough is equal to the length of the standard roll of coins of Athat denomination. Thus, a stack of coins disposed in the trough are partially encased Within .the plastic sheet both about the roll periphery and the roll ends.

Perforated or scored lines are formed in the plastic sheet intermediate each pair of adjacent troughs. The perforated or scored lines serve as tear lines to permit separation of one of the rolls of coins from the remaining rolls in the other troughs of the sheet. Preferably, each sheet is provided with ten troughs so as to hold ten rolls of coins. This number permits the use of the decimal system in tabulating the value of the coins.

The manner of packaging the coins particularly lends itself to the vacuum forming process. By using such a process, the coins may be wrapped wholly automatically to eliminate the expense of manually wrapping coins and the possibility of introducing human error into the operation.

These and other objects and features of my invention will be better understood and appreciated from the following detailed description of one embodiment thereof, selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

FIGURE 1 is a view in perspective of a coin package made in accordance with my invention; and

FIGURES 2 and 3 are inverted cross sectional views taken along. the corresponding section lines in FIGURE 1.

In the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawing, a sheet of clear plastic material 10 is shown in FIG- URE 1 to contain ten separate rolls of coins 12. As wrapped in the sheet 10, the rolls are disposed with their axes parallel to `one another and the ends of the rolls terminate inwardly of the long edges 14 of the sheet. The sheet 10 preferably is made of cellulose acetate or cellulose butyrate and is between 0.004" and 0.007" in thickness to facilitate vacuum forming of the sheet about the rolls of coins in the manner illustrated.

In forming the sheet about the rolls of coins, troughs 16 are drawn into the sheet land these troughs each describe in cross section a segment of Va circle containing more than of arc. 'Ihe radius of the arc is equal to that of the coins disposed in the trough. The end walls 18 of the trough are ilat and are spaced apart a distance equal to the length of a standard roll of coins of the denomination to be carried in the trough. Thus, each of the rolls of eoins are tightly engaged about a major portion of their periphery as well as over a major portion of their ends. As a result, the coins in each roll are held in firm alignment by the sheet.

Scored or perforated lines 20 are formed in the sheet and extend between the long side edges 14. These scored lines 20 lie between adjacent troughs 1'6 and facilitate severing of one stacked roll of coins from the remaining rolls in the sheet. As the scored lines 20 do not touch the troughs which hold the rolls, tearing the sheet 10 along any one of the scored lines Will not cause the coins to spill out of any of the troughs. Therefore, a merchant or any yother person desiring a single roll of coins may tear one roll with its wrapper from the sheet without disturbing the remaining rolls.

I have suggested above that the sheet may conveniently be vacuum formed about the several rolls of coins in a wholly automatic process. Such a method for forming the package would be very inexpensive. In vacuum lforming the package, several rolls of coins could be placed on edge in a shallow trough formed in a support. The shallow troughs in which the rolls of coins are placed would be segment-shaped and exactly duplicate the portions of the coins not to be covered by the plastic ,sheet 10. After the coins are arranged in rolls in the shallow troughs on the support, the plastic sheet 10 could be lowered over the rolls and vacuum drawn about the rolls, and more particularly about the portion of each roll above the trough in the support to form the sheet as shown in FIGURE l. So formed the package would appear as shown in FIGURE 1 but in an inverted position.

To remove a single roll of coins from its trough in the sheet 10, the single roll with its wrapper may be held at its ends and thumb pressure may be applied against the center of the roll of coins in a direction towards the open side of the trough. This will cause the central portion of the roll to snap out of the wrapper and thereafter the remaining coins in the roll will readily fall from the trough. However, in the absence of such pressure, the coins will not readily be jarred out of place. While the Very thin and flexible plastic material holds the coins in alignment, Ithe roll of coins itself adds rigidity to the package. This cooperation between the coins and the plastic sheeting is essential since unlike coins rolled in paper in the conventional manner, the coins as packaged in the manner disclosed herein are not entirely enclosed.

While in ordinary practice all the rolls of coins in a single sheet will be of the same denomination, the wrapper may be employed to package rolls of different denominations. For example, a selection of coin rolls of diierent denominations may be packaged n a single sheet and in quantities commensurate with their normal use at a particular location. Thus, for example, a single ten roll package could conveniently contain three rolls each of pennies and nickels, two rolls each of dimes and quarters, and one 4roll of half dollars for use in a market r drug store. While the drawing suggests that the sheet is made of clear plastic, this is of course unnecessary. However, when made of a transparent material, the user may readily View the denomination of coins in Vthe wrapper and it will be unnecessary to mark the wrappers to indicate their contents. It may prove desirable to tint the plastic material in accordance with a color code to identify the different denominations particularly if the sheet is opaque.

Still another advantage of my invention will now be lreadily apparent. I suggested above that i-t is not uncommon to find boxes of rolled `coins containing one roll more or less than the number intended. It will be recognized that by employing my particular Wrapper containing a particular number of rolls of coins, each package lled with coins may be stacked one upon `the other, and there is no opportunity for a single loose roll to fall between adjacent rows of coins at one end of the box.

Having described my invention in detail, those skilled in the art will appreciateV that modications may be made of it without departing from the spirit of my invention. Therefore, it is not my intention to limit the breadth of my invention to the single embodiment illustrated and described. Rather, the scope of this invention should be determined by -the appended claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination,

a stack of coins, v

a flexible plastic sheet drawn tightly about more than 180 and less than 360 of the circumference of the stack of coins and more than half and less than lthe entire ends of the coin stack and thereby providing a trough-like coin package with a cylindrical wall and a pair of unfolded end walls,

said end walls being dened by an arc of more than and a lcord smaller than the diameter of the stack.

2. In combination,

a plurality of rolls of coins arranged with their axes disposed parallel to one another, Y

' a flexible plastic sheet vacuum formed about more than 180 and less than 360 of the circumference of the rolls of coins and more than half the ends of the coin rolls and thereby providing an array of troughlike coin packages with cylindrical walls and unfolded end walls, 1

said end walls being delined by arcs of more than 180 and cords shorter than the diameters of their respective coin rolls. v

3. The combination as defined in claim 2 further characterized by tear lines formed in the sheet between adjacent rolls and confined to the portions of the sheet other than the cylindrical walls and unfolded end Walls,

vsaid -tear lines facilitating separation of the rolls from one another without tearing the individual packages.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Rumsey Jan. 10,. 1961 

1. IN COMBINATION, A STACK OF COINS, A FLEXIBLE PLASTIC SHEET DRAWN TIGHTLY ABOUT MORE THAN 180* AND LESS THAN 360* OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE STACK OF COINS AND MORE THAN HALF AND LESS THAN THE ENTIRE ENDS OF THE COIN STACK AND THEREBY PROVIDING 